Materials Biocompatibility Manager - Senior

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The Sr. Materials Biocompatibility Manager is responsible for leading the CRM Biocompatibility team, supporting the development of cardiac implantable leads, devices, catheters and ancillary products by providing inter-organizational leadership, technical work direction, and coaching.  This manager will drive functional excellence, instill a foundational, 1st principles mindset within the team, and work with internal customers, suppliers and external regulatory bodies to ensure that materials or solutions are capable of meeting performance requirements. 
A Day in the Life: 

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the CRM Biocompatibility team, supporting the development of cardiac implantable leads, devices, catheters and ancillary products
• Manage the biocompatibility organization and execution for results in support of Development, Technology, and Product support.  
• Ensure the materials selected for our products are reliable, biocompatible and meet the requirements of all applicable regulations and standards (e.g. ISO 10993).
• Collaborate with internal and external partners (Business Leaders, Project Leaders, Cross-Functional constituents, Notified Bodies & Advisory Committees) to ensure the materials strategy is executed to achieve significant and measurable improvements in materials.  
• Develop the technical talent in the materials organization with a goal of continuous improvement.  Recognize trends and ensure proper skill sets and capacity to support the execution of plans.  Build a team of experts to define, lead, and drive new and innovative processes for dramatically improving capabilities at lower cost within the organization.
• Provides functional leadership to organization, overseeing team plans, performance management, talent management/development, salary administration, and employee relations issues.  
• Actively work to promote employee engagement through organizational diversity and team building, including efforts in meeting GIDE (Global Inclusion, Diversity & Engagement) goals.  
• Lead, organize and control planning to ensure approved annual operating plans, programs, capital and expense budgets are achieved.  
• Ensure the materials strategy is applied across projects and functions, meeting the needs of customers and CRM business strategies by developing, communicating and implementing business plans to achieve business results.  
• Maintain appropriate communications within and between CRM and other businesses to deliver on Medtronic’s overall business and materials strategies worldwide, collaborating as appropriate to ensure synergies with and between organizations.  
• Support the evaluation of the external technology landscape and global external scouting/advocacy efforts to ensure a complete pipeline of technologies and test leadership will be available to the team.  
• Support the expansion of both internal and external collaboration efforts, working seamlessly across boundaries and divisions, including upstream with academia and corporate resources, cross-divisionally, and downstream with manufacturing.  
• Drive positive change in developing predictive reliability efforts with current and new materials.  
• Support current and next-generation product development.